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Monday, March 25, 2013

Review: Gone Girl by Gillian Flynn

Title: Gone Girl

Author: Gillian Flynn

Format: Kindle

Genre: Thriller

Amy and Nick are
celebrating the fifth anniversary of
their marriage. Every year they
play a game. Amy
leaves traces and riddles, hints that lead to each subsequent trace. Each
riddle is a reminder of the beautiful moments spent together. But this time, she's gone. Amy disappears. Without a trace, without a clue. While
the police are looking for her, her husband is unexpectedly peaceful.

Little by
little, the real story comes out. What it was supposed
to be a perfect marriage in general, wasn’t perfect at all. The husband
had a mistress and the wife was not happy in the marriage.

What actually happened?

Did
Nick kill his rich wife to get rid of her and keep her money?

Did
Amy find her marriage life boring and
decided to leave?

Is Amy kidnapped? In
the past she had possessive boyfriend who followed her months after she terminated
the relationship. In high school her
friend was obsessed with her. Amy's parents were famous writers who created
the famous children's series Amazing Amy. Lately,
they lacked of money, and Amy had too much.

Where is Amy?

The
story is told from two points of view: the one of Amy and the one of Nick. Two
parallel stories, two views of five years of living together. After
the story I was left speechless. “Iis this possible?” How twisted can human mind
be? It
turns out that Amy is not Amazing Amy at all, and Nick is far from perfect
husband. Nothing looks
like as it seems.

Now I can
see why this book is a bestseller. The
author goes deep into the human psyche, in twisted human mind. Nick
and Amy, two characters who are perfectly fit, two opposites that are basically
same. This
story makes you wonder what is the limit of human's sick mind? Do we really know the people around us?

This book left me
speechless. I
could not leave until I finished. I recommend to
all who like psychological thrillers.